World Fantasy Award 2008:
As part of the World Fantasy Convention 2008, the World Fantasy Awards 2008 were presented in various categories.
World Fantasy Awards

Übersetzerpreis der Kunststiftung NRW 2009:
Pierre Deshusses for his more than fifty translations of works by German authors (25,000 euros)

Paul-Celan-Preis 2008:
Ragni Maria Gschwend for her body of work as a translator (15,000 euros)

Mörike-Preis 2009:
Ernst Augustin for his body of work (12,000 euros)

Fußballbuch des Jahres 2008:
Christoph Ruf for the football book "Ist doch ein geiler Verein", Werkstatt Verlag (5,000 euros)

DGG-Buchpreis 2008:
Modeste Herwig for her gardening book "Kinderleicht - Familienspaß im Garten", Franckh-Kosmos Verlag

Kochbuch des Jahres 2008:
Douce Steiner for the cookery book "Cuisine Douce - Sterneküche für zuhause", AT Verlag

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2009:
In October, altogether 23 photo books were awarded the title
"Sieger Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2009".
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis [PDF]

Herralde Prize:
Daniel Sada for his novel "Casi nunca" (18,000 euros)

Nobel Prize for Literature 2008:
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio for his body of work (approx. 1.1 million euros)

Worlddidac Award 2008:
The day before the opening of the international education fair Worlddidac in Basel, various textbooks received the Worlddidac Award.
Worlddidac Award

Man Booker Prize 2008:
Aravind Adiga for the novel “The White Tiger”, Atlantic (approx. 63,000 euros)

Business Book of the Year Award:
Mohamed El-Erian for his book "When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change", McGraw-Hill (approx. 38,000 euros)

Forward Prize:
Mick Imlah for his poetry collection "The Lost Leader" (Category "Best Poetry Collection", approx. 12,600 euros)
Kathryn Simmons for "Sunday at the Skin Launderette" (Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, approx. 6,300 euros)
Don Paterson for the poem "Love Poem for Natalie 'Tusja' Beridze" (Category "Best Single Poem", approx. 1,260 euros

Scott Moncrieff Prize:
Frank Wynne for the translation "Holiday in a Coma and Love Lasts Three Years" of the book by Frederic Beigbeder

Premio Valle Inclán Prize:
Nick Caistor for the translation of "The Past" by Alan Pauls and John Dent-Young for the translation of "Selected Poems" by Luis de Góngora

Schlegel-Tieck Prize:
Ian Fairley for the translation of "Snow Part" by Paul Celan

John Florio Prize:
Peter Robinson for the translation of "The Greener Meadow" by Luciano Erba

Hellenic Foundation for Culture Translation Award:
Roderick Beaton for the translation of "A Levant Journal" by Giorgos Seferis

Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize:
Fady Joudah for the translation of "The Butterfly's Burden" by Mahmoud Darwish
Total prize money approx. 12,600 euro

Whiting Writers' Awards 2008:
Mischa Berlinski, Laleh Khadivi, Manuel Muñoz, Benjamin Percy and Lysley Tenorio (Category Fiction)
Donovan Hohn (Category Nonfiction)
Rick Hilles, Douglas Kearney and Julie Sheehan (Category Poetry)
Prize money 50,000 US dollars each

Pepe Carvalho Prize 2009:
Michael Connelly for his crimewriting

Thurber Prize for American Humor 2008:
Larry Doyle for his debut "I Love You, Beth Cooper", Harper Perennial (5,000 dollars)

Sources: Börsenblatt online, Shelf Awareness